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John de Casterar. de Casterar John [Not specified]. River Luy, [Gascony, France]...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4908

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This record is about the John de Casterar. de Casterar John [Not specified]. River Luy, [Gascony, France]... dating from [c. 1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/99/4908
Date
[c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
John de Casterar.
Name(s)
de Casterar, John
Addressees
[Not specified].
Places mentioned
River Luy, [Gascony, France]
Gascony.
Nature of request
John de Casterar states that he has permission by the King's letter patent to build a mill at his own expense, in which the King will have a quarter share. He asks that he might build it on the River Luy.
Nature of endorsement
The Seneschal of Gascony is to be ordered to consult on the contents of the petition with his council; and he is further to do what seems best to him to be done for the King's benefit.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1305, with reference to Roles Gascons, vol. III, no.4745, a royal writ of 1305 referring to the capture of Sault-de-Navailles, which mentions Casterar as a keeper of victuals at Bonnegarde, and to the related petitions.
Related material

For transcript, see p.34 of PRO 31/7/93

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/99/4909

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/338/E1253

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1607
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149475/

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